Animal-releasing device.



T. KOLLNER.

ANIMAL RELEASING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI3| 1914.

Pa'ented May 18, 1915.

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T. KOLLNER.

ANIMAL RELEASING DEVICE.

APPLlcATloN FILED MAY 13, 1914.

11. 99599 Patented May 18, 1915.

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W/TA/EJJEJ /A/MS TaR THOMAS KOLLNER, OF OWENDALE, MICHIGAN.

ANIMAL-RELEASING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, i915.

Application filed May 13, 1514. Serial No. 838,238.

T0 zZ/ 107mm t may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS KOLLNER, a citizen of Hungary, residing at Owendale, in the county of Huron and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Releasing Devices, of which the following is a speciiication.

ll`his invention relates to improvements in animal releasing devices and its object is to produce a de fice of this class whereby horses er other animals haltered and confined in open stalls may be instantly released in case of emergency without going into the stalls or into the stable in which such stalls are arranged.

lilith the foregoing and other' objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specilication, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which ferm a part of said speciiication and in which- ,Figure l is a front elevation of my improved device in position in a series of stalls. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 8 of Fig. l. Fig. is a detail of the lever employed. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. l.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings the reference numeral l indicates the outside wall of a building built with a plurality of stalls 2.

-in each stall is a trough et. Through the stall walls 5 through the outside wall l of the building a rod (3 is projected, `which is ferir uare in cross section as at T at one et nity and said extremity is d snosed in .ngagement w'th a stop lever 8 ich is hinged as at 9 to the wall l and said lever normally is retained against movement upon its hinge by a keeper l0, projected through the rod end 7 and said keeper 10 is chain connected to the wall l.

lfVithin each stall a wheel comprising disks ll, ll and teeth l2 is disposed upon shaft G and said wheel is formed with a hub i3 provided with a pin 14: extending therethrough and through said shaft whereby said hub and wheel are locked in engagement with said shaft. A bitching chain l5, provided with a terminal hitching ring 16, engages the teeth l2 of the wheel and immediately above said wheel a chain guard 17 is disposed and secured to the trough to prevent the accidental disengagement of the chain l5 from the wheel. The animal in the y stall is, of course, hitched to the ring 16 from which he may readily be disengaged in the usual manner under ordinary circumstances.

ln case of fire or other emergency the several animals in the several stalls are released in the following manner: By withdrawing the keeper l0 from the rod termination 7 the lever 8 may be moved out of engagement with the rod which will permit rotation of the rod 6 in response to the efforts of one or more of the animals in the stalls to free himself and rotation of the said rod will cause the several chains l5 to move out of engagement with the teeth l2 of the wheels permitting the escape of the animals.

lVhat is claimed is:-

l. The combination with a series of stalls in a row and a trough within said stalls, of a rotary shaft extending across the inner ends of said stalls adjacent said trough, manually releasable locking means terminally carried by said shaft, toothed wheels within said stalls made fast to said shaft and chains, provided with hitching rings, in engagement with the teeth of said wheels.

2. The combination with a series of stalls in a row and a trough within said stalls, of a rotary sh ft extending across the inner ends of said stalls adjacent said trough, manually releasable locking means for said shaft, toothed wheels within said stalls made fast to said shaft, chains provided with hitching rings in engagement with the teeth of said wheels and chain guards secured to said trough and disposed immediately above said too-thed wheels.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto allizred my signatnre in the presence of two suhscribing witnesses.

THOMAS KOLLNER.

Witnesses:

W. J. DUFTY, ROLAND SOLDAN.

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